"From the Appendix to the Nautical Almanac for the year 1851", which was published in London by William Clowes and Sons in 1847

"This paper was communicated by the author to the Royal Astronomical Society, and was read to that body, at their ordinary meeting, on November 13, 1846"--From "Advertisement", signed by W.S. Stratford, on the verso of the t.p. "An explanation of the observed irregularities" was issued separately as a preprint to the Nautical almanac for the year 1851

Printer's name also appears on colophon

Dibner Library. Heralds of Science (1980 ed.)

SCDIRB copy 39088015628639 has bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner

SCDIRB copy is unbound, and housed in an archival envelope for preservation

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